Philosopher Quotes

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To this principle of vanity, which philosophers call a mean one, and which I do not, I owe a great part of the figure which… — Lord Chesterfield
Various philosophers and religious leaders tried to convince their disciples and followers that animals are nothing more than machines without a soul, without feelings. However,… — Isaac Bashevis Singer
Uncompromising thought is the luxury of the closeted recluse. Untrammeled reasoning is the indulgence of the philosopher, of the dreamer of sweet dreams. — Woodrow Wilson
It has been a long time since philosophers have read men's souls. It is not their task, we are told. Perhaps. But we must not… — Emile M. Cioran
Upon the whole, I am inclined to think that the far greater part, if not all, of those difficulties which have hitherto amused philosophers, and… — George Berkeley
There is a famous formula, perhaps the most compact and famous of all formulas - developed by Euler from a discovery of de Moivre: e^(i… — Edward Kasner
The surface of the Moon is not smooth, uniform, and precisely spherical as a great number of philosophers believe it to be, but is uneven,… — Galileo Galilei
Many men talk like philosophers and live like fools. — Philip K. Dick
Philosophy recovers itself when it ceases to be a device for dealing with the problems of philosophers and becomes a method, cultivated by philosophers, for… — John Dewey
The code of Manu differs from the bible. By means of it the nobles, the philosophers, and the warriors keep the whip hand over the… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Only a philosopher's mind grows wings, since its memory always keeps it as close as possible to those realities by being close to which the… — Plato
The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity. — Plato
A philosopher of imposing stature doesn't think in a vacuum. Even his most abstract ideas are, to some extent, conditioned by what is or is… — Alfred North Whitehead
The history of India for many centuries had been happier, less fierce, and more dreamlike than any other history. In these favorable conditions, they built… — H.G. Wells
The photographer in Blow-Up, who is not a philosopher, wants to see things closer up. But it so happens that, by enlarging too far, the… — Michelangelo Antonioni
Whether religion is man-made is a question for philosophers or theologians. But the forms are man-made. They are a human response to something. As a… — Mircea Eliade
The philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live. — Seneca the Younger
He thinks like a philosopher, but governs like a king. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The essayist . . . can pull on any sort of shirt, be any sort of person, according to his mood or his subject matter… — Elwyn Brooks White
I see the beard and cloak, but I don't yet see a philosopher. -Video barbam et pallium; philosophum nondum video — Aulus Gellius

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